Post by stevesheldon on Nov 27, 2018 17:23:19 GMT

In previous years we have had Dutch, German, and French attendees making us not just a UK event, but genuinely a European event :-)

This is our first Spanish attendee travelling across for our event though.

Our event is slowly becoming global in terms of the interest it raises, with the most enquiries etc coming from Russia and the USA currently - which is quite something for an event that still has its retains its very basic roots, and no budget :-)

Additionally this is the first year our event has kept me busy right through the year - if only my role was salaried lol.

There are currently plans not just for the expansion into club and forum participation, and a new quiz feature for the day, but also for the event to have more online discounts, events, and competitions online through the year for attendees, to help everyone keep their costs down not just on the day but right through the year.

Not sure if you have entered the Christmas competition - if not, please do as there is only 12 days left until the winners are announced and five people have not just Christmas but a Jaguar Christmas :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Nov 28, 2018 9:35:03 GMT

I am hoping over the next six months we can gain a larger contingent of the older Jaguars - last year we had a number of older Jags not make it due to the weather but we did have a few older Jaguars turn up on spec on the day (thanks to our FridayAd advertisement), & I believe I have managed to encourage a few of them to reattend in 2019 :-) It would also be a massive thing for me if I manage to finally track down some of the more exotic and rarer Jaguars.. but as always time will tell as I go :-)

Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2018 15:37:33 GMT

I am hoping over the next six months we can gain a larger contingent of the older Jaguars - last year we had a number of older Jags not make it due to the weather but we did have a few older Jaguars turn up on spec on the day (thanks to our FridayAd advertisement), & I believe I have managed to encourage a few of them to reattend in 2019 :-) It would also be a massive thing for me if I manage to finally track down some of the more exotic and rarer Jaguars.. but as always time will tell as I go :-)

I think you are totally right in this regard Steve and I dont need to tell you I wish you well in your endeavours . It would be absolutely terrific to see some of the TWR Jaguars especially the XJS Variants .

Post by stevesheldon on Nov 30, 2018 8:42:23 GMT

Not only the last day of the working week, with a weekend of Jaguar time ahead of us, but also a day full of news about how we are doing now we are halfway to our next event :-)

There has been a lot going on in the last week to update you with, and I am happy to be able to say that we now have Jaguars spanning over 60 years of production signed up - incredible.. thankyou so much to everyone that has signed up so far.

Our event Christmas competition is going well, and you now have only 10 days to get your free entry in - if you haven't entered yet, please consider doing so - this year we have five prizes up for grabs and the only requirements are that you are resident in the UK, and have either attended one of our seven previous events, or are signed up for our next event - you can even sign up for our next event and enter the competition at the same time if you want :-)

Our event has started attracting interest from all around the globe with a mixture of Jaguar owners, and Jaguar orientated companies signing up to follow our event on Twitter or Instagram, and friending our event Facebook page - so I am hoping where I can manage more for you guys for 2019, I can manage even more for you in 2020.

Meanwhile for those of you into the figures more, here is where we are so far:

Our event forum threads have amassed over 9,500 viewsOur website has now received over 2,700 page hitsWe now have 44 Jaguars spanning 63 years signed up67 people are signed up as attendees so farOur earliest Jaguar currently is from 1955.We have 13 incredible sponsorsCurently we have 5 trade stands and 5 club/forum stands/plots signed upWe have 3 Presentation slots booked so farOur event Twitter feed has grown to 568 followersOur Instagram account now has 137 followersand our events Facebook page now has 319 friends

Please consider entering our free event Christmas competition if you haven't already entered it, and if you know anyone with a Jaguar that would love a great free Jaguar day out please point them to our event, everyone is welcome whether you have a treasured classic Jaguar, a daily runner, or even a money pit like mine has been lately :-) We all love Jaguars and the more attendees we have the more we can manage for everyone :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 4, 2018 12:19:29 GMT

Our event competition closes to entries this Sunday!! If you haven't entered yet you are missing out on a chance at not one, or two prizes but five! Including a unique personalised engraving of your model of Jaguar with your number plate on it. Full details are in the thread here or at the events new website at www.solidlinux.co.uk.. Remember the competition closes THIS Sunday!

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 5, 2018 8:51:38 GMT

I have a little more good news for you guys - Anglian Remaps have just signed up with us for our 2019 event, and will be taking advantage of one of our free trade plots on the day. Additionally I have news of one other incredible sponsor who produces the most beautiful must-have items for Jaguar owners - I will be talking to them early next year to see what we can arrange with them for you guys - more news to follow as we go.

A huge thankyou goes to Anglian Remaps, and our 'mystery' sponsor for signing up with our event - I genuinely appreciate the incredible support we get from everyone associated with our event helping us to make our Jaguar day the incredible, and unique, free day out it is for everyone.

Entries are still coming in for our Christmas competition - Don't forget you need to get your entry in by the 9th of December to be in with a chance at one of five prizes we have for you this year... and you can even sign up for our 2019 event at the same time as entering the competition, guaranteeing you not just a great chance at a prize to make your Christmas a great Jaguar Christmas, but also an incredible Jaguar day out!

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 5, 2018 11:00:03 GMT

Did you know that at our 2019 event you can talk to specialists regarding your Jaguar leather, performance and parts, engine tuning, paint protection, servicing, repairs and more? And the list is growing.. add to that the five Jaguar clubs and forums you can meet, and full dealership support onsite - we have a great (free) Jaguar event for you. Why not sign up your Jaguar now and join us on the day?

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 6, 2018 8:39:56 GMT

This will be our sixth year of running this event, and is genuinely the biggest, most feature packed event we will have ever run.

Our event is a great Jaguar day out for you, your Jaguar, and your family, with a convoy element, as well as main one day event - including:

Free Welcome packsA range of class awards that your Jaguar could winTalks on how to look after and maintain your JaguarTrade stands with great products & services at show prices, plus free advice.Trade demonstrations showing you the trade at workA quiz to test your knowledge of Jaguar, with a great prize up for grabsA great prize draw with prizes ranging from must-haves to incredible treats for you or your Jaguar

Add to this a convoy/drive through glorious Sussex and Surrey countryside, a superb venue at Denbies Wine Estate (the largest wine estate in England), great Jaguars spanning all walks of life, incredible company and you have our event. And not just all this, but Denbies have a range of award winning wines you can buy and take home with you, plus a carvery restaurant with great food and drink to keep you going through the day.

So go on, treat yourself and your Jaguar to a great day out. Our event is free to sign up for and attend, with just a small fee for entering the prize draw on the day, making it ideal for you and your family, even if you are on a budget! Please feel free to take a look at our previous events to see what to expect, and what attendees thought of our event - we have a great Jaguar day out for you, and would love to welcome you to our 2019 event :-)

Please keep an eye on this thread at your favourite Jaguar forum, our event Facebook page, or via our event Twitter or Instagram feeds as any and all updates will appear there as we go.

Holiday Inn Express London Gatwick Crawley, Haslett Avenue East,Crawley,West Sussex, RH10 1UA. The cost for attendees is £68 per room, per night including breakfast, parking, & wifi and you can book Fri, Sat, and/or Sunday nights as required,Please note we have a number of rooms reserved specifically for our event, to guarantee that you have no problem with booking a room, if needed, right up to a few days before the event itself. You can book a room for the event with the following info:Group Code: JAG Online at : www.hiexpress.com/redirect?p...wfullsite=true Or by phone on +44(0)371 423 4876

Scratchshield - The bucket filter system are offering an incredible 25% off their entire product range for event attendees between now and December 25th. Just visit them online using this link www.scratchshield.co.uk/discount/Jagxmas18 to get this great deal on the only wash system we recommend for your Jaguar.

Christmas Competition: (Closing to entries midnight on 9th Dec)

This year we have way exceeded anything our event has ever managed before - this year our prize fund includes: 2 x Scratchshield 2 bucket wash systems, 2 x Robornes Leather Cleaning Kits, and a custom engraving of your model of Jaguar with your number plate on it suitable for your fireplace or display cabinet.

Our event always looks to save you money, and now even brings your Jaguar into your front room (OK, so there is some artistic licence in that statement :-))

Our free Christmas competition is now OPEN to entries!! In order to enter you need to have either attended one of our events, or be signed up for our next event, and be a UK resident. Just send an email to [email protected] with the title 'Christmas Competition, and include your contact details in the body of the message.

Names will be pulled out of a hat on the 9th/10th December to ensure winners receive their prizes in time for Christmas.. GOOD LUCK!

If you would like to see how our event has developed in the past few years, and get a taste of what we have on offer for you with our FREE event - please check out some of our previous events here:

Our event is easy to sign up for and most importantly FREE! You can sign up by posting on one of our forum threads, our Facebook page (JaguarForumsUK), our Twitter account (@jfbrightonmeets), our Instagram account JaguarForumsUK, the Contact Us page at www.solidlinux.co.uk, or even good old fashioned email ([email protected]) - we just need your name, Jaguar model, year of manufacture, and how many people will likely be travelling.

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 6, 2018 16:39:45 GMT

Please note we have two additional event sponsors not yet listed, as I am waiting on final confirmation and details from them.

They will take us to 16 official event sponsors so far, with 7, possibly 8 trade stands covering everything from dealership facilities, to leather and paint care, detailing, valeting, performance parts, servicing, repairs, & even luggage - all specialists that understand your Jaguars needs and will be onsite to meet you.

I am also still in discussions with Jaguar clubs and forums to see if we can offer even more on that front for you too.

I am also hoping to start listing the promised product reviews at the event website in January for you, and in the meanwhile please don't forget there is only a few days left to enter our free Christmas competition.

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 7, 2018 9:22:23 GMT

It's a wet and dreary Friday morning so maybe it's time to brighten it up with our weekly stats on our event and how we are doing so far.

It has been another busy week for our event with more incredible sponsors signing up for our event, more trade stands, more pledged prizes, and more :-)

Also, if you haven't entered the free Christmas competition yet, please make sure you get your entry in before midnight Sunday 9th of December or you will risk missing out on a great Jaguar Christmas :-)

Our event is ahead of schedule with everything, and subject to all the usual, looks likely to be over double the size of our last event :-) We already have more trade stands, club & forum stands booked than ever before, and there is just under six months to go until the day.. next month I will be starting to keep an eye on the long range weather forecasts.. fingers crossed.

For those of you into statistics here are the statistics on where we are so far:

Our forum threads have received over 10,100 hitsOur new event website has received over 2,800 page viewsOur events' Facebook page has 320 friendsOur event Twitter feed has 572 followersOur Instagram account is still growing and has 139 followersAs of this morning we have 15 confirmed sponsorsWe have 7 trade stands bookedWe have 5 club/forum stands/plots booked3 Presentation slots are booked so far and will increase as we approach the dayWe have 5 confirmed awards you are in with a chance atWe have 67 people, and 44 Jaguars spanning from 1955 right through to 2016 signed up so far

We have the Christmas competition running until Sunday, with prizes arriving with the winners in time for Christmas, and then I will be starting work on the paperwork side of the event over the Christmas period, and in January I will be kicking off a real push to encourage attendee signups, to ensure no one misses out on the largest free Jaguar event we have ever run :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 10, 2018 8:14:33 GMT

Our Christmas competition is now CLOSED (as of midnight last night) and the five winners of a great Jaguar Christmas are being contacted this morning - congratulations to the winners, and if you didn't win please remember event attendees have a great discount on the entire Scratchshield product range from now until Christmas :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 10, 2018 10:45:05 GMT

Just to let you know I am in early talks with a Jaguar experience provider regarding our event and a possible prize for our prize draw on the day itself - as soon as I have more concrete information I will let you know :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 10, 2018 12:42:44 GMT

Ok, I can now confirm that we have teamed up with a Jaguar experiences company ClassicJaguarDrives.co.uk they supply Jaguar experiences - whether it be taster sessions, roadtrips, or even daily hire of gorgeous classic Jaguars, and with prices from just £59.

I am happy to say that as part of the sponsorship deal we have with them they will be offering a passenger place on a roadtrip worth up to £500 as a prize in our Prize Draw on the day. An absolutely massive thankyou to them for their sponsorship of our annual Jaguar event.

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 10, 2018 12:56:58 GMT

This will be our sixth year of running this event, and is genuinely the biggest, most feature packed event we will have ever run.

Our event is a great Jaguar day out for you, your Jaguar, and your family, with a convoy element, as well as main one day event - including:

Free Welcome packsA range of class awards that your Jaguar could winTalks on how to look after and maintain your JaguarTrade stands with great products & services at show prices, plus free advice.Trade demonstrations showing you the trade at workA quiz to test your knowledge of Jaguar, with a great prize up for grabsA great prize draw with prizes ranging from must-haves to incredible treats for you or your Jaguar

Add to this a convoy/drive through glorious Sussex and Surrey countryside, a superb venue at Denbies Wine Estate (the largest wine estate in England), great Jaguars spanning all walks of life, incredible company and you have our event. And not just all this, but Denbies have a range of award winning wines you can buy and take home with you, plus a carvery restaurant with great food and drink to keep you going through the day.

So go on, treat yourself and your Jaguar to a great day out. Our event is free to sign up for and attend, with just a small fee for entering the prize draw on the day, making it ideal for you and your family, even if you are on a budget! Please feel free to take a look at our previous events to see what to expect, and what attendees thought of our event - we have a great Jaguar day out for you, and would love to welcome you to our 2019 event :-)

Please keep an eye on this thread at your favourite Jaguar forum, our event Facebook page, or via our event Twitter or Instagram feeds as any and all updates will appear there as we go. Additionally our event has a new website at www.solidlinux.co.uk giving you access to archived photos from our event, links to all our past and current threads, competition details, discount codes, and more.

Holiday Inn Express London Gatwick Crawley, Haslett Avenue East,Crawley,West Sussex, RH10 1UA. The cost for attendees is £68 per room, per night including breakfast, parking, & wifi and you can book Fri, Sat, and/or Sunday nights as required,Please note we have a number of rooms reserved specifically for our event, to guarantee that you have no problem with booking a room, if needed, right up to a few days before the event itself. You can book a room for the event with the following info:Group Code: JAG Online at : www.hiexpress.com/redirect?p...wfullsite=true Or by phone on +44(0)371 423 4876

Scratchshield - The bucket filter system are offering an incredible 25% off their entire product range for event attendees between now and December 25th. Just visit them online using this link www.scratchshield.co.uk/discount/Jagxmas18 to get this great deal on the only wash system we recommend for your Jaguar.

If you would like to see how our event has developed in the past few years, and get a taste of what we have on offer for you with our FREE event - please check out some of our previous events here:

Our event is easy to sign up for and most importantly FREE! You can sign up by posting on one of our forum threads, our Facebook page (JaguarForumsUK), our Twitter account (@jfbrightonmeets), our Instagram account JaguarForumsUK, the Contact Us page at www.solidlinux.co.uk, or even good old fashioned email ([email protected]) - we just need your name, Jaguar model, year of manufacture, and how many people will likely be travelling.

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 10, 2018 16:34:25 GMT

For those of you curious as to whether you have won any of the five prizes available in our events' Christmas competition please take a look at the competition page at our event website at www.solidlinux.co.uk - all the information is there :-)

Incidentally our Friday Ad advert that we keep in place all year round is proving productive, as we have just had an enquiry about three classic Jaguars that may be signing up for our 2019 event - they (as in the owners :-)) are not on email or the internet, so I have posted details across to them.. :-) Last year we had a number of last minute arrivals due to our FridayAd advert too :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 12, 2018 9:50:34 GMT

A little more news for you guys - the incredible Scratchshield Wash Systems that were won in the event Christmas competition are already on their way to the winners, and I am just waiting on confirmation that the absolutely must-have Robornes Leather Cleaning Kits, and the incredible personalised engraving have also gone out. Congratulations to all five winners and please have a fantastic Jaguar Christmas :-)

Meanwhile a professional photographer with experience of automotive photography has come forward regarding our event, and we are in the final negotiations regarding things - fantastic news for us. I will update everyone as soon as I have the final details :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 12, 2018 13:04:00 GMT

I am very happy to announce that Rocket Photographic (rocketphoto.co.uk) are coming onboard as official event photographers for our 2019 event. They have been involved with automotive photography for both owners and prominent magazines and will be a good match for us. Please join me in welcoming them to our event :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 12, 2018 16:28:17 GMT

It has been quite a week for our event - our Christmas competition has closed giving five winners a great Jaguar Christmas, we have welcomed two new sponsors onboard, now have the largest incredible prize to-date for our prize draw on the day, and have booked an incredible professional photographer :-)

I am just waiting on final confirmation that the last prizes are on their way to the winners before I can sign off on this years competition.

I will then start work on the design and printing of the dashboard sheets, and designing the new feature - the quiz sheets for the day - noting winners of the quiz will be in a photoshoot and advertised on the event website as our most knowledgable attendees of 2019.

I am hoping to get that done over the Christmas period, and will then be making contact with our current sponsors to bring them up to date with our progress so far around the start of January, prior to making contact with some of our previous sponsors to see if they will consider re-signing with us..

that is enough to keep me going over the Christmas period I think :-)

This week has been really busy regarding our event, and I hope everyone has enjoyed being involved with things as we develop our event

Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 7:23:06 GMT

It has been quite a week for our event - our Christmas competition has closed giving five winners a great Jaguar Christmas, we have welcomed two new sponsors onboard, now have the largest incredible prize to-date for our prize draw on the day, and have booked an incredible professional photographer :-)

I am just waiting on final confirmation that the last prizes are on their way to the winners before I can sign off on this years competition.

I will then start work on the design and printing of the dashboard sheets, and designing the new feature - the quiz sheets for the day - noting winners of the quiz will be in a photoshoot and advertised on the event website as our most knowledgable attendees of 2019.

I am hoping to get that done over the Christmas period, and will then be making contact with our current sponsors to bring them up to date with our progress so far around the start of January, prior to making contact with some of our previous sponsors to see if they will consider re-signing with us..

that is enough to keep me going over the Christmas period I think :-)

This week has been really busy regarding our event, and I hope everyone has enjoyed being involved with things as we develop our event

I have been absolutely amazed Steve watching how all of this comes together , in fact I consider what you have managed to achieve as simply Miraculous . Have a Good Christmas Mate and looking forward to meeting you in the Summer at the South Easts Premier Jaguar Event

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 14, 2018 12:00:05 GMT

OK guys, Friday has finally arrived and not a day too soon for me. With Christmas approaching there has been quite a bit going on here..

Our Christmas competition is now closed (until our Christmas 2019 one :-)) and the prizes have already started to arrive with the winners in plenty of time for Christmas, as promised.

We have gained two additional sponsors, with our 'mystery' sponsor still yet to be added early next year further to some upcoming talks, and we have been lucky enough to be able to sign up a professional photographer for our upcoming event :-)

Everything is pretty much on schedule overall, and you all know what I am up to over the Christmas period, prior to a big push for attendee signups in January/February to start developing that side of things.

Also, our event website is slowly growing in terms of weekly hits, and our social media accounts have been gaining friends/followers from Europe as well as the UK this week.

For those of you into the statistics, here are the stats showing you where we are so far with our event :-)

Our forum threads have received almost 11,000 hitsOur event website has now received over 2900 page viewsOur event Twitter feed now has 571 followersOur event Facebook page has 335 friendsOur Instagram feed has 145 followersWe have 16 official event sponsorsWe have 6 Trade stands bookedWe have 5 Club/Forum stands bookedWe have 44 Jaguars booked and 67 attendees signed upThe attending Jaguars span production from 1955 to 2016 so farWe have 5 awards up for grabsand 3 Presentation slots booked so far

If you haven't signed up for our event yet, please consider doing so - we have everything you have come to expect with our event but with more stands, bigger prize draw prizes, a quiz to test your Jaguar knowledge, clubs and forums attending to meet you and more... remember our event is truly free and you only need to pay a small fee to enter the prize draw on the day, and pay for food/drink - there are no other costs at all with this event :-) So why not give it a go? It is a great day out for you, your family and your Jaguar and it's free.. :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 21, 2018 8:24:12 GMT

This will be our sixth year of running this event, and is genuinely the biggest, most feature packed event we will have ever run.

Our event is a great Jaguar day out for you, your Jaguar, and your family, with a convoy element, as well as main one day event - including:

Free Welcome packsA range of class awards that your Jaguar could winTalks on how to look after and maintain your JaguarTrade stands with great products & services at show prices, plus free advice.Trade demonstrations showing you the trade at workA quiz to test your knowledge of Jaguar, with a great prize up for grabsA great prize draw with prizes ranging from must-haves to incredible treats for you or your Jaguar

Add to this a convoy/drive through glorious Sussex and Surrey countryside, a superb venue at Denbies Wine Estate (the largest wine estate in England), great Jaguars spanning all walks of life, incredible company and you have our event. And not just all this, but Denbies have a range of award winning wines you can buy and take home with you, plus a carvery restaurant with great food and drink to keep you going through the day.

So go on, treat yourself and your Jaguar to a great day out. Our event is free to sign up for and attend, with just a small fee for entering the prize draw on the day, making it ideal for you and your family, even if you are on a budget! Please feel free to take a look at our previous events to see what to expect, and what attendees thought of our event - we have a great Jaguar day out for you, and would love to welcome you to our 2019 event :-)

Please keep an eye on this thread at your favourite Jaguar forum, our event Facebook page, or via our event Twitter or Instagram feeds as any and all updates will appear there as we go. Additionally our event has a new website at www.solidlinux.co.uk giving you access to archived photos from our event, links to all our past and current threads, competition details, discount codes, and more.

Holiday Inn Express London Gatwick Crawley, Haslett Avenue East,Crawley,West Sussex, RH10 1UA. The cost for attendees is £68 per room, per night including breakfast, parking, & wifi and you can book Fri, Sat, and/or Sunday nights as required,Please note we have a number of rooms reserved specifically for our event, to guarantee that you have no problem with booking a room, if needed, right up to a few days before the event itself. You can book a room for the event with the following info:Group Code: JAG Online at : www.hiexpress.com/redirect?p...wfullsite=true Or by phone on +44(0)371 423 4876

Scratchshield - The bucket filter system are offering an incredible 25% off their entire product range for event attendees between now and December 25th. Just visit them online using this link www.scratchshield.co.uk/discount/Jagxmas18 to get this great deal on the only wash system we recommend for your Jaguar.

If you would like to see how our event has developed in the past few years, and get a taste of what we have on offer for you with our FREE event - please check out some of our previous events here:

Our event is easy to sign up for and most importantly FREE! You can sign up by posting on one of our forum threads, our Facebook page (JaguarForumsUK), our Twitter account (@jfbrightonmeets), our Instagram account JaguarForumsUK, the Contact Us page at www.solidlinux.co.uk, or even good old fashioned email ([email protected]) - we just need your name, Jaguar model, year of manufacture, and how many people will likely be travelling.

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 21, 2018 11:49:32 GMT

It's the last Friday before Christmas, and over the period I will be working on the background parts of the event including the dashboard sheets, and the quiz development, so I thought rather than the usual list of stats I would just take this opportunity to bring everyone upto date with what we have booked so far for our 2019 event.

We have a growing list of incredible event sponsors, we have trade stands, forum and club stands, talks by the pro's, a quiz to test your knowledge of Jaguar, the biggest prize draw fund to-date, awards covering Jaguars from every walk of life, samples, discounts, information, specialist advice, & products at event prices..

Also our list of sponsors will hopefully increase early in 2019 subject to talks with an incredible company that produces the most beautiful Jaguar accessories we have ever seen - more info to follow on this.

Curently at our convoy & meet event you can discuss leather repairs and protection, paint care, servicing, repairs, upgrades, valeting & detailing, engine remapping, & meet myself from JaguarForums.com, and people from JagChat.net, XKEC, F-Type EC, and JEC.. specialists on hand to discuss any issues you may have, even full dealership support should you want it will be onsite.

So go on, why not treat yourself and your Jaguar to a great Jaguar day out - it's completely free, and suitable for anyone be they a petrolhead or a family.. why not sign your Jaguar up this Christmas for a great day out?

In the meanwhile please have a fantastic Jaguar Christmas, and New Year (and don't forget to sign up for our event :-))

Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2018 12:25:49 GMT

It's the last Friday before Christmas, and over the period I will be working on the background parts of the event including the dashboard sheets, and the quiz development, so I thought rather than the usual list of stats I would just take this opportunity to bring everyone upto date with what we have booked so far for our 2019 event.

We have a growing list of incredible event sponsors, we have trade stands, forum and club stands, talks by the pro's, a quiz to test your knowledge of Jaguar, the biggest prize draw fund to-date, awards covering Jaguars from every walk of life, samples, discounts, information, specialist advice, & products at event prices..

Also our list of sponsors will hopefully increase early in 2019 subject to talks with an incredible company that produces the most beautiful Jaguar accessories we have ever seen - more info to follow on this.

Curently at our convoy & meet event you can discuss leather repairs and protection, paint care, servicing, repairs, upgrades, valeting & detailing, engine remapping, & meet myself from JaguarForums.com, and people from JagChat.net, XKEC, F-Type EC, and JEC.. specialists on hand to discuss any issues you may have, even full dealership support should you want it will be onsite.

So go on, why not treat yourself and your Jaguar to a great Jaguar day out - it's completely free, and suitable for anyone be they a petrolhead or a family.. why not sign your Jaguar up this Christmas for a great day out?

In the meanwhile please have a fantastic Jaguar Christmas, and New Year (and don't forget to sign up for our event :-))

Happy Christmas Steve , you more than many of us have earned it , a Proper Jaguar Enthusiast

Post by stevesheldon on Dec 21, 2018 17:09:02 GMT

Very well spotted - that typo has been in there for ages and neither myself or anyone else noticed it :-)

Very unusual - even if I don't spot a typo, someone else usually will within a day or two, but that typo I know has been there for ages..

It just shows how many of us read what we expect to see, and not always what is actually there :-)

Thankyou very much for spotting that - I have updated the master thread as of right now :-) and it will filter through on the next update to everywhere else.

Thankyou for the compliments too - I still have a fair way to go with producing the paperwork everyone needs, and switching from potential sponsor hunting to attendee hunting, but the basics are now there for our even bigger event in 2019.

The last of the Christmas competition prizes have arrived or are being dealt with directly by the sponsors, so I have now signed off on that and have started collecting Jaguar trivia for the quiz on the day to test everyones Jaguar knowledge, and am working on a new design for the dashboard sheets which show an attendees car is registered for the day.

I will work on them over the next week and then bring our current sponsors up to date with things on the first week of January. Then starting work on encouraging attendee numbers.

The remainder of the paperwork for the day is all items, that I have learned from experience, need to be no more than three months in advance and I, thinking on it, still have another 2 or 3 former sponsors to set up discussions with to see if they are interested in supporting us for 2019 - you never know if you don't ask :-) I'm getting there :-) Still quite a bit of news I have yet to release too, so please keep an eye on things as we go :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Jan 2, 2019 13:43:57 GMT

First of all a very Happy New Year to everyone :-)

I have managed to get the dashboard sheets designed and printed up, but am still working on the Quiz feature, so not as ahead on things as I had hoped for, but getting there, and still close to on target with things.

If you have already signed up for this years event, we have the biggest event to-date with club and forum participation as well as the trade, in addition to the new Quiz to see who amongst our attendees is the most knowledgable about Jaguar.

If you haven't signed up yet, please do so, and the sooner the better, to guarantee your slot at our free Jaguar day out - it's free to sign up for, free to attend, with discounts, samples, talks, awards, prizes, trade stands and even club and forum participation - it is an event run by Jaguar enthusiasts for Jaguar enthusiasts on a non existent budget but still managing all the features you would expect at a ticketed event.

So why not start off 2019 by making it a Jaguar year and signing up for our free event? You might even get to drive away with one of our show awards on the day :-)

Post by stevesheldon on Jan 3, 2019 8:52:00 GMT

This will be our sixth year of running this event, and is genuinely the biggest, most feature packed event we will have ever run.

Our event is a great Jaguar day out for you, your Jaguar, and your family, with a convoy element, as well as main one day event - including:

Free Welcome packsA range of class awards that your Jaguar could winTalks on how to look after and maintain your JaguarTrade stands with great products & services at show prices, plus free advice.Clubs and Forums are now participating too.Trade demonstrations showing you the trade at workA quiz to test your knowledge of Jaguar, with a great prize up for grabsA great prize draw with prizes ranging from must-haves to incredible treats for you or your Jaguar

Add to this a convoy/drive through glorious Sussex and Surrey countryside, a superb venue at Denbies Wine Estate (the largest wine estate in England), great Jaguars spanning all walks of life, incredible company and you have our event. And not just all this, but Denbies have a range of award winning wines you can buy and take home with you, plus a carvery restaurant with great food and drink to keep you going through the day.

So go on, treat yourself and your Jaguar to a great day out. Our event is free to sign up for and attend, with just a small fee for entering the prize draw on the day, making it ideal for you and your family, even if you are on a budget! Please feel free to take a look at our previous events to see what to expect, and what attendees thought of our event - we have a great Jaguar day out for you, and would love to welcome you to our 2019 event :-)

Please keep an eye on this thread at your favourite Jaguar forum, our event Facebook page, or via our event Twitter or Instagram feeds as any and all updates will appear there as we go. Additionally our event has a new website at www.solidlinux.co.uk giving you access to archived photos from our event, links to all our past and current threads, competition details, discount codes, and more.

Holiday Inn Express London Gatwick Crawley, Haslett Avenue East,Crawley,West Sussex, RH10 1UA. The cost for attendees is £68 per room, per night including breakfast, parking, & wifi and you can book Fri, Sat, and/or Sunday nights as required,Please note we have a number of rooms reserved specifically for our event, to guarantee that you have no problem with booking a room, if needed, right up to a few days before the event itself. You can book a room for the event with the following info:Group Code: JAG Online at : www.hiexpress.com/redirect?p...wfullsite=true Or by phone on +44(0)371 423 4876

Our event is easy to sign up for and most importantly FREE! You can sign up by posting on one of our forum threads, our Facebook page (JaguarForumsUK), our Twitter account (@jfbrightonmeets), our Instagram account JaguarForumsUK, the Contact Us page at www.solidlinux.co.uk, or even good old fashioned email ([email protected]) - we just need your name, Jaguar model, year of manufacture, and how many people will likely be travelling.